Crime concentrations and similarities in spatial crime patterns in a Brazilian context |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, University of Campinas and Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies, Simon Fraser University, 51 João Pandiá Calógeras st., Campinas, SP 13083-870, Brazil;2. Department of Geography, University of Campinas, 51 João Pandiá Calógeras st., Campinas, SP 13083-870, Brazil;3. School of Criminology, Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada;1. Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), Ghent University, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Gent, Belgium;2. CartoGIS, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S8), 9000 Gent, Belgium;3. Judicial Federal Police, Directorate Property Crime, Belgian Federal Police, Fritz Toussaintstraat 8, 1050 Brussel, Belgium;1. New Zealand Police, 180 Molesworth Street, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand;2. University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand;1. Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil;2. Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies, Simon Fraser University, Canada;3. School of Criminology, Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada;1. Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, Australia;2. Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Mt Gravatt, QLD, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Research within the geography of crime and spatial criminology literature most often show that crime is highly concentrated in particular places. Moreover, a subset of this literature has shown that the spatial patterns of these concentrations are different across crime types. This raises questions regarding the appropriateness of aggregating crime types (property and violent crime, for example) when the underlying spatial pattern is of interest. In this paper, using crime data from Campinas, Brazil, we investigate the crime concentrations and the similarities among different crime types across space. Similar to some recent research in another context, we find that crime is highly concentrated in Campinas but the ability to aggregate similar crime types at the street segment level is not generalizability when compared to a North American context. |
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| Keywords: | Geography of crime Crime concentrations Spatial point pattern test Brazil |
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